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| A ‘fly to’ TYC 8998-760-1 | The interior of ExTrA | La Silla after sunset time-lapse | The Hot and Energetic Universe Virtual Reality |
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| Zooming into RCW 38 | First Light For MATISSE Video Compilation | Zooming in on the Lupus 3 star-forming region | Comparison of the ALMA and VLT views of an explosive event in Orion |
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| Zooming in on the young dusty galaxy A2744_YD4 | Zooming in on the edge-on galaxy NGC 1055 | Press Conference at ESO HQ | Zooming in on the Fornax Galaxy cluster |
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| STS-135 fulldome towback | STS-135 fulldome rollover | STS-135 fulldome rollout | 3D data visualisation of the Pillars of Creation |
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| Panning across the colourful star cluster NGC 3532 | Simulation of gas cloud being ripped apart by the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way | Fox on Cerro Paranal | Distant star-forming galaxies in the early Universe (zoom) |
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| Fox on Cerro Paranal | Zoom in onto the stellar black hole NGC 300 X-1 | 3D Animation of the Helix Nebula | Near Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4 observed with the VLT |
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| Near Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4 observed with the VLT | 42 asteroids in our Solar System and their orbits | Zooming in to the Kinman Dwarf galaxy | Cactus at ALMA |
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| VLT VISIR | The X-Ray Universe Virtual Reality | Zooming in on the Tarantula Nebula | Zooming in on the Saturn Nebula |
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| The New Technology Telescope turns in La Silla | A night of stargazing at the New Technology Telescope | Thermal radiation | An unusual view of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope |
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| Artist’s impression of the exoplanet 51 Pegasi b | Close-up view of the dark nebula LDN 483 | TV spot for the 3D production Hidden Universe | Zooming in on the star formation region NGC 3324 |
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| Zooming on ALMA’s view of the Antennae Galaxies | Zooming in on the Sun-like star HD 10180 | Animation of the planetary system around Sun-like star HD 10180 (artist’s impression) | "Physics on Stage" trailer |
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| Animation of 2M1510 (AB) b’s polar orbit around two brown dwarfs | Travel to 2M1510 (AB) b, a planet in a perpendicular orbit around two brown dwarfs | International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024 (Spanish subtitles) | Didactic sequence - Solar eclipse landscape |
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| Didactic sequence - Phases of the Moon (German version) | Didactic sequence - Phases of the Moon | Didactic sequence - Planetary loop | Didactic sequence - Planetary loop (German version) |
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| Didactic sequence - Seasons | Didactic sequence - Seasons (German version) | Didactic sequence - Solar eclipse | Didactic sequence - Solar eclipse (German version) |
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| Didactic sequence - Lunar-eclipse (German version) | Didactic sequence - Lunar-eclipse | Teamwork makes the dream work at the VLT | The VLT at Dusk |
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| Moonrise at Paranal | Animated view of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko | The Milky Way’s central region in visible light and near-infrared | Panning across the Large Magellanic Cloud |
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| Paranal nightfall | Fulldome supernovae | Black Hole Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation | The Planets — Expedition into the Solar System |
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| ATTRACT | Mars: The Red Planet Virtual Reality | Orbiting a black hole near the event horizon 2 (fulldome) | Orbiting a black hole near the event horizon (fulldome) |
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| Orbiting a black hole near the event horizon 3 (fulldome) | Panning across RCW 38 | Shadow of the Moon | Panning across the rich region around the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
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| Panning across the VST’s view of Sharpless 29 | Zooming in on the star-forming region Sharpless 29 | Flying from the Earth to the star WASP-19 in the constellation Vela | Light passing through the atmosphere of WASP-19b |
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| 3D animation of Antares | Visualisation of a galaxy undergoing ram pressure stripping | Artificial stars over Paranal | Artist's impression of the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri |
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| "From Earth to the Universe" — Earth | "From Earth to the Universe" — Europa and Io | "From Earth to the Universe" — Neptune | "From Earth to the Universe" — Saturn |
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| "From Earth to the Universe" — Pluto | "From Earth to the Universe" — Kuiper belt objects (KBO) | "From Earth to the Universe" — Hubble Deep Field | "From Earth to the Universe" — ISS Cupola |
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| "From Earth to the Universe" — Earth from the JEM Window | "From Earth to the Universe" — Sunspots | "From Earth to the Universe" — The Sun | "From Earth to the Universe" — Space Shuttle Discovery in Space |
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| "From Earth to the Universe" — NGC 7006 Cluster | "From Earth to the Universe" — Pleiades Cluster | Sunset on VLT platform | Sunset on VLT platform |
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